The sinking of MS Explorer
Sad news the sinking of MS Explorer off the South Shetlands over the weekend. I'm sure I'm not the only biker to have travelled from Ushuaia to Antarctica on board this fantastic ship during a big ride in South America. If there is any good news it's that no lives were lost.
Anyone thinking about going, my only advice would be to do it. It is the most amazing place and probably the highlight of the whole trip. I'm not sure what this does regarding availability of spaces for such trips this season - the going rate was $2200 back in 2005. Maybe this type of incident puts people off going, maybe there are even more ships doing these trips now and more availability.
RIP Little Red Ship.
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